The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-09-06
RATIFICATION MEETINGS.

ing the nomination of the Reform
Convention. DR.. Tucker, Chairman
of the Central Committee, called the
meeting to order Mr.. w. Luther
Wilcox acted interpreter.
DR.. Tucker opened the meeting with a
stirring speech, in which he said that the
Reform party were not ashamed OF their.
nominees, and they expected to elect them
with the aid of the native Hawaiian vote. He
did not believe, as said by some, that the
native Hawaiian was incapable of apprecia-
ting good government. He did not believe
the Hawaiians were incapable of intelli-
gently discriminating between corruption,
and honesty or between proper administra-
ton of public affairs and the reverse. The
former government had had trial and now
the voters were asked to try the new. and if
they prove false to their trust, kick them
out'' as their predecessors had been kicked
out before them. He called upon the native
! Hawaiian voters to join with their fellow
citizens in sustaining the new government,
! and if they prove recreant to their trusts,
the native Hawaiian may count on the
haoles to join shoulder to shoulder with
them in hurting them from power. The
! doctors remarks were frequently inter
rupted by outbursts of applause.
Mr.. Kalaukoa was then called for
and was received with enthusiasm.
He expressed himself gratiied at meeting
in the audience people of different races,
owners of property and persons who owned
| none. He would make no rash promises of
| what he would do if elected to the legislature.
Mr.. Kalaukoa's remarks were in
Hawaiian and not interpreted, the au-
dience being composed almost wholly
of HaWaiians and hGOEes understand
ing the language. He was frequently
applauded. He closed his speech by
reading in the native language the
platform of the Reform party as
| adopted at the Convention ON the 18th
August and sat down in the midst of
tornado of cheers and applause.
The Chairman said he would now
invite to the platform another Hawa
iian gentleman, who had stood true
to the principles of good government
when doing SO meant supporting an
apparently losing cause. This gen
tleman was not castle in the air but
was man of solid principles and who
had ever stood true to the cause of
the people. On naming Mr.. W. R.
Castle, the latter gentleman came for
ward and was loudly applauded.
Mr.. Castles speech was delivered in the
Hawaiian language. His remarks appeared
to carry the audience as one man along with
him. MIR Castle closed by stating in English
that he had adopted as all his political
friends had done, the principles as expressed
in the platform adopted at the Convention.
He did not claim that the new Constitution
was perfect, but it was vastly better than the
old. He asked the electors to vote on the
Coz
and others, but for the Reform party in Ha-
waii. The Reform candidates, if elected,
will carry out the principles of good govern
ment to the best of their ability, and en-
deavor to verify the hopes of the friends of
this country that, though small in extent, 1t
will be respected abroad as country that
can carry on its own affairs in an indepen-
dent manner and with credit to the people.
He had heard it remarked everywhere, when
In America recently, that the change in af-
fairs here was regarded with the greatest
satisfaction abroad as giving promise of
honor and independence to the Kingdom in
stead of having its reputation dragged in the
dirt as it had heretofore.
Mr.. Naone, one of the candidates
on the Representative ticket, was the
next speaker. His address was wholly
in the Hawaiian language, and evi-
IDENTIFY commanded the full sympathy
of the large audience
The Chairman said he still had the
pleasure of calling Hawaiians to the
platform, and called upon Mr.. w. o.
Smith.
Mr.. Smith referred to the national motto.
the nation Is established in righteousness"
and said the object of the present political
movement is for the purpose of making that
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stitution, and we would all have been glad
to have secured it in the regular way, but
self preservation is the first law in nature,
and things had come to such pass that we
were obliged for our own safety to secure it
as we did. One of the new things this Con-
stitution has established is that it had added
dignity to the throne of Hawaii. The
speaker here quoted some of the amend
ments. The country belongs to the people. |
1t does not belong to the office-holders it |
does not belong to the King. When the |
ruler has an unlimited veto power, where are |
the people? In regulating the veto power, |
we have adopted the rule in force in the |
United States where the head of the nation |
presides over the destiny of 60,000,000 of |
people. In the United States 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" means something in |
Great Britain GOOD Save the Queen"
means something; in Germany we know
how "The Watch on the RhineH stirs the
Hawaii Ponoi" to Hawaiians what the
national music of Engishmen, Americans
and Germans is to them. The Reform party
mean to preserve this country and to make
it country fit for ourselves and our children
to live in. If any man on this ticket, after
being elected, should prove recreant to these
principles, let him forever be branded as
traitor.
Mr.. Smith closed in the midst of repeated
rounds of applause.
The Chairman then introduced
Mr.. Mark Robinson, who was re
ceived in an enthusiastic manner.
Mr.. Robinson said this was his first ap-
pearance as public speaker, and thanked
the people for the nomination he had re-
ceived. He said that if elected, he should
pledge himself to support good government
We were done with that old government that
was humiliating US before the world and we
wanted a government that would command
respect abroad as we'll as home. A period
has now arrived, my countrymen, when it is
your duty TO cast your votes for that party
that has adopted a patriotic platform and
means every word of it. Our flag has been